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Committee on transparency and reproducibility of federal. Most of products around us are software intensive systems. Unfortunately, this book cant be printed from the openbook. However, complexity in a software intensive system can turn a small, medium, or large project into a monumental disaster in a heartbeat. A practical approach for systems and software assurance sei series in software engineering kindle edition by mead, nancy r. Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, programming, documenting, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications, frameworks, or other software components. Sustaining engineering systems engineering management plan semp technical data package. Allison, i organizational factors shaping software process improvement in smallmedium sized software teams. Sustaining softwareintensive systems sei digital library. Current projects institute for software integrated systems. The four system conditions of a sustainable society left to its own devices, the earth is a sustainable system. Dod weapon system s functions are performed in software.

The use of accreditation systems to improve healthcare quality and patient safety has been widespread across many countries 14. Sustainer inexperience with cotsbased systems loss of key contractor staff and expertise. Broader definitions of a system are the hardware, software, human systems integration, procedures and training. Introduction even though freeopen source software foss is widely used, much of the computer science research community has yet to fully recognize its potential to change the world of research and development of softwareintensive systems across. Across the sciences, softwareintensive systems areincreasingly drivingthedirection of researchand in some cases are already beginning to displace human researchers. The system safety concept calls for a risk management strategy based on identification, analysis of hazards and application of remedial controls using a systemsbased approach. Apply systems engineering specialist skills to the software intensive system.

Sustainment done well leads to wellsupported softwareintensive systems and reduced total ownership costs and should help organizations meet current and new mission area and capabilities requirements. The future of research in freeopen source software development. Rastogi sustaining enterprise competitiveness is human capital the answer. The software sw context in midst of transformational change enabled by continual advances in computing, communication, and information technologies in the engineering of systems. There is a growing body of knowledge in the application of architectural concepts to. How may people in an enterprise individually and collectively become its human capital, is an important issue that needs to be analyzed and understood. If you need to print pages from this book, we recommend downloading it as a pdf.

This technical note discusses these questions and presents definitions, related issues, future considerations, and recommendations for sustaining softwareintensive systems. Oct 24, 2009 the use of accreditation and quality measurement and reporting to improve healthcare quality and patient safety has been widespread across many countries. The future of research in freeopen source software. Modeling spi sustainment in softwaredeveloping organizations. Cse plays a unique and indispensable role in our society today, growing in importance and impact with time. Software intensive system how is software intensive system. Note by the office of the high commissioner for human rights. Apply systems engineering specialist skills to the softwareintensive system.

Sustainment includes supply, maintenance, transportation, sustaining engineering, data management, configuration management cm, manpower, personnel, training, habitability, survivability, environment, safety including explosives. Ohchr first biennial report by the secretary general. Nsf this is an information technology research project that works on the theoretical foundations, engineering principles, and design tools for hybrid and embedded systems. Software engineering in the systems engineering life cycle. Lean development ld is a strategic as well as tactical business approach for the creation of changetolerant business software intensive systemsi. Sustainment maintaining a deployed system over time as technology and operational needs change is a confusing and multifaceted challenge. While ergonomics practitioners are skilled in systems ergonomics, there is a requirement for extension of this into systems of systems ergonomics, since cpss have extra characteristics not evident at the systems level see section 3. Effective functioning of the human rights treaty bodies. Previous experience with software and hardware maintenance. Softwareintensive systems, included in appendix a, may provide insight into the multifaceted task of preparing for sustainment doaf 03. This 2006 report discusses questions about sustaining new and legacy systems. Softwareintensive systems are susceptible to death by a thousand cuts i.

Status of implementation of actions described in the report of the secretarygeneral entitled strengthening of the united nations. Quality measurement incorporating clinical indicators and quality indicators, and reporting systems, have grown substantially as the more visible aspects of hospitals quality improvement efforts 59. Each discrete piece of a softwareintensive system is enhanced and repaired independently and reintegrated for operational use. Prior to his appointment at norc, he was director of statistical services at mathematica policy research, inc. Guidebook for acquisition of naval software intensive systems. Softwareintensive systems and new computing paradigms. The dod software intensive systems group conducted a. Computational science and engineering software sustainability. Read summary of a workshop on softwareintensive systems.

In this presentation, we limit ourselves to software architecture of softwareintensive systems. Therefore, organizations need to pay attention to small to mediumsized softwareintensive systems. There is an increasing demand in more complex systems and therefore require a professional approach. October 2008 integration of software intensive systems copyright 2008 lockheed martin corporation. The value of systems engineering is supported by the gao report 1777, which indicates that, systems engineering is the primary means for determining whether and how the challenge posed by a programs requirements can be met with available resources. Product as a system fundamentals systems engineering. This is different from traditional safety strategies which rely on control of conditions and causes of an accident based either on the epidemiological analysis or as a result of investigation of individual past accidents. Estimating softwareintensive systems brings them together in a realworld guidebook that will help software managers, engineers, and customers immediately improve their estimatesand drive continuing improvements over time.

Advancing softwareintensive system productivity recently summarized the nature of the national investment in software research and, in particular, ways to revitalize the knowledge and human resource base needed to design, produce, and employ softwareintensive systems for tomorrows defense needs. The architectural elements of software systems that is, elements significant enough to the system to draw out and deal with in architectural design are constructs of inventive human thought. We mold and shape them to accomplish a purpose, subject to constraints and forces. Successfully sustaining a software intensive syst em is a balancing act that is weighted on each side with the myriad of issues that surr ound such a system. The cse software ecosystem and enterprise need transformation. Summary of a workshop on softwareintensive systems and. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In the figure, the system of interest soi goes into operation as a delivered product or offered service in the utilization stage while maintenance and logistics are provided by a product sustainment system simultaneously in the support stage. Global drivers, sustainable manufacturing and systems. From smartphones, consumer electronics, industrial manufacturing, finance system until national infrastructure, all of these are softwarecontrolled systems.

For softwareintensive systems where the software performs virtually all the functionality, such as in modern financial systems, airline reservation systems, and other information systems, they generally follow life cycles similar in form to the more traditional systems. Fortunately, proven tools and techniques exist for every facet of software estimation. From smartphones, consumer electronics, industrial manufacturing, finance system until national infrastructure, all of these are software controlled systems. Addressing software sustainment challenges for the dod. Transparency and reproducibility of federal statistics for the national center for science and engineering statistics committee bios chair daniel kasprzyk is a consultant and senior fellow at the center for excellence in survey research at norc at the university of chicago. What does sustainability mean in and for software engineering. Therefore, system safety as part of the systems engineering process should systematically address all of these domains and areas in engineering and operations in a concerted fashion to prevent, eliminate and control hazards. As we continue to learn, however, the accumulated impacts of human activity over the past two centuries are now threatening our continued wellbeing. Feb 01, 2019 software intensive systems are of various types, ranging from enterprise systems to iots and cps to industrial control systems where software plays a vital role towards design, construction and implementation of such systems. Woody bring together comprehensive best practices for building software systems that exhibit superior operational security, and for considering security throughout. Sustaining intensification of smallholder livestock systems must take into account both social and environmental welfare and be targeted to sectors and areas of most probable positive social.

There is a growing body of knowledge in the application of architectural concepts to these systems to achieve the benefits of reduced costs and improved system qualities such as usability, flexibility, reliability, and interoperability. Phase i, published in february 2017, included twelve case studies four included ppps this report was prepared for. The four system conditions of a sustainable society the. Cyber security engineering is the definitive modern reference and tutorial on the full range of capabilities associated with modern cyber security engineering. To sustain these systems organizations must define sustain ment, meet criteria to. Enabling verification of high dependability software intensive systems 041103. It considers the largest possible human collaborations with the gravity they deserve, but it also suggests factors.

Because of their pervasiveness, the way we design, and consequently use, softwareintensive systems has a significant impact on sustainability. Sustainment done well leads to wellsupported software intensive systems and reduced total ownership costs and should help organizations meet current and new mission area and capabilities requirements. Sustaining intensification of smallholder livestock. Human interaction in programming, which uses hci techniques such as controlled user studies and ethnography to study software developers, testers, managers, and their teams to produce inno vative software. An effectiveness analysis of healthcare systems using a. From understanding airframe stress, metallurgy, nondestructive. Architecture is recognized as a critical element in successful softwareintensive systemscomplex systems where software contributes essential influences to the design, construction, deployment and evolution of the system as a whole. Sustaining softwareintensive systems may 2006 technical note mary ann lapham contributor carol woody. Some systems engineering activities require specific engineering skills as opposed to the generalist skills in section 3 below. Sweng 586 requirements engineering 3this course is a thorough treatment of the theoretical and practical aspects of discovering, analyzing, modeling, validating, testing and writing requirements for systems of all kinds, with an intentional focus on softwareintensive systems. Yet, in softwareintensive systems engineering, very few organizations apply this basic wisdom and formally coach their teams to help them accelerate their pace of improvement. Most of products around us are softwareintensive systems.

Designing evolvable systems in a framework of robust. A software development process also known as a software development methodology, model, or life cycle is a framework that is used to structure, plan, and control the process of developing information systems. Other possible sources of information include the defense systems management college s acquisition logistics guide dsmc 97 and the dods national security space acquisition policy dod 04. The remainder of the book consists of 15 invited papers of the working group participants and is structured in three major parts.

Sustaining enterprise competitiveness is human capital. Sustaining and modernizing navy and mynavy human resources hr legacy software systems with a focus on mynavy hr transformation to migrate over 200 legacy systems to a modern cots solution and architecture. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading cyber security engineering. Building and sustaining these innovative structures inside a. Northrop grumman space systems ngsp is looking for you to join our c2bmc team as the spiral 8. Human resources required for software support with supporting assumptions and.

Crc press is a premier publisher of scientific and technical work, reaching around the globe to collect essential reference material and the latest advances and make them available to researchers, academics, professionals, and students in a variety of accessible formats. Enclosure 1 setrs applicable to software intensive systems. Department of the air force software technology support. Principles of the architecture of softwareintensive systems description.

The navys consolidation of over 90 navy help desks navy enterprise service desk is. Impacts of modular open system architectures in dod acquisition. As todays systems increasingly rely on cots software, the issues surrounding. Experience working in a multidiscipline environment.

The volume starts with an overview of the current state of the art and the research missions in engineering software intensive systems. In addition to developing and sustaining new weapons systems, our engineers must also find ways to sustain our aging legacy systems. Chapter 6 a science of design for softwareintensive systems. A wide variety of such frameworks has evolved over the years, each with its own recognized strengths and weaknesses.

Itr foundations of hybrid and embedded software systems pi. Sweng 586 requirements engineering 3this course is a thorough treatment of the theoretical and practical aspects of discovering, analyzing, modeling, validating, testing and writing requirements for systems of all kinds, with an intentional focus on software intensive systems. In 2006, when i authored the sustaining software intensive. Continual process improvement cpi in publicprivate. Impacts and recommendations for achieving modular open. Keywords open source software, software evolution, software ecosystems 1. Hardware intensive systems are built around the pareto principle i. If any part goes wrong then the emergent global properties become dissipative.

The course will bring to bear a variety of formal methods, social. Conference on the quality of information and communications technology quatic, pp. Guidelines for successful acquisition and management of software. Sustaining softwareintensive systems carnegie mellon university. What is the definition of softwareintensive system.

Software and acquisition and practices study department of defense. The volume starts with an overview of the current state of the art and the research missions in engineering softwareintensive systems. Successfully sustaining a softwareintensive syst em is a balancing act that is weighted on each side with the myriad of issues that surr ound such a system. Software intensive systems are of various types, ranging from enterprise systems to iots and cps to industrial control systems where software plays a vital role towards design, construction and implementation of such systems. The result is that software and hardware systems, especially software intensive systems are fragile by design and not evolvable from a robust, resilient, and sustainable perspective. Adapting systems engineering for softwareintensive systems.